Speaking of rods...
Since I'm going to start trolling this year, I'll need to start gathering the gear, so I marched into Bass Pro Shops Sunday, plastic in hand, to buy 4 Ugly Stick GX2 7 ft Med action rods. I could only find 3, so I handed them to my wife while I kept looking. She noticed that they weren't the same. Even though they were all marked alike, one was at least one and ahalf inches longer than the shortest and all 3 were different lengths. Even the eyes didn't match up when stood side by side.Ther must be some serious quality control problems in China. I put em back. I'll keep looking, and thanks to your heads up, I'll make sure the blank goes all the way to the butt of the rod. Nothing is ever easy is it. Thanks again Wakina. You are a big help.